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#33 of 36 Re: Tire Noise,Wear 2005 350Z [sweetmotion] by rdt1 Mar 24, 2009 (6:11 pm)
Replying to: sweetmotion (Jan 11, 2008 9:52 am) There are 2 issues at work here. An initial design flaw and poor quality tires. From my understanding, Nissan initially set up the front wheels with an agressive camber (wheels slope out at the bottom) to provide extra-tight cornering. Unless you race your car, this is overkill. If you look up the Bridgestone Potenzia tires that are shipped with the car (look at tirerack.com) you will find that these tires have just about the lowest wear rating possible. These tires re extremely expensive and have a low wet traction rating as well. Nissan had their dealers reduced the camber specifications and also provided free replacement front 'Potenza' tires that had a bit harder, longer lasting tire compound. These improved the situation a lot. However, I plan on replacing my free tires with an even better quality and less expensive Z rated tire that offers better wet traction when they wear out.
#34 of 36 Re: 07 350z lug pattern and size [takeshi] by rdt1 Mar 24, 2009 (6:20 pm)
Replying to: takeshi (Jun 27, 2008 11:04 pm) Look up your car in www.tirerack.com.   They also sell rims for nearly every vehicle made and provide all of the detailed specifications if you want to shop elsewhere. I ordered a set of winter aluminum rms for my wifes VW Eos when no-one else could even find a match.   You will need the rim diameter, bolt pattern/size and the rim offset when you go shopping.
#35 of 36 Nissan 370z / All Season tires by simplyignorant Jul 02, 2009 (10:16 am)
I am looking very closely at 370z Touring w/o sport package.    My only concern (beside money I have to pay) is that it snows A LOT in Iowa. I heard 370z's summer tires don't have traction on the snow.    But I'm not sure about having dedicated snow tires for winter and constantly changing those.    Can anyone tell me all season tires would be viable to 370z? I'm not crazy about driving cars (I sure don't know how to drift at cetra).    In sum, is it crazy to have all season tires on 370z? Replies to this message: rltports (Sep 20, 2009 7:26 am)
#36 of 36 Re: Nissan 370z / All Season tires [simplyignorant] by rltports Sep 20, 2009 (7:26 am)
Replying to: simplyignorant (Jul 02, 2009 10:16 am) Living in Iowa, your problem will not be just traction but also the clearance space of the car in the winter. I also live in Iowa and would never attempt to drive mine in the winter unless I wanted to assist the snow plows.

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